Method and device for wrapping packages



Jan. 30, 1940. o. E. HACKER lMETHOD AND DEVICE FOR WRAPPING PACKAGES Filed July 8. 1938 y IQa' ISG WM R ,TY L m,

Patented Jan. 30,. 1940 2,188,750 METHOD AND DEVICE FORWRAPPING f yPACKAGES.,. Owen EQHa'cker, Dayton, Ohio, lassigner to The .Stanley Manufacturing Company, Dayton, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio l n' v Application vJuny 8, y1988, serial No. 218,202

Claims.' y(c1.k 244-18) FFICE This invention relates to a package tying device, and more particularly to a device adapted to be used yin effecting decorative tying up oi a package, box, or the like. f

One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a simplel and inexpensive device for use in connection with va box or package and adapted to permit ofeasily and quicklyv aiiixing the tying string, ribbon or the like about` 'the package or box, and at the same time tying it with a simulation'of a bow knot of desired number of bows to give a desired decorativegand ornamental appearance. f

A further object is the provision of a tying f device o1 this character which requires no xed attachment and in which the usual vcord or ribbon may be quickly aflixed with suitable holding capacity and decorative eiiect. 1

A further object is the provision of a tying device for packages and the like formed to provide a decorative face or medallion constructedby a simple -stamping'and folding operation fand which either attached to ther package or unattached thereto serves to provide an effective and ornamental tie for the package. Y

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent-from the following description, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a'rboxv ornamentallyv tied invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view ofl a tying device attached to the box top and constructed in accordance with the invention in partly completed form, and shows the device just prior to the last step of folding and securingV thedecorative top portion in concealing relation to the underportions of the`device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view with ribin accordance with the bon omitted taken on thevline 3--3 of Fig. 1;'

and si Fig. 3a is anenlarged sectional View, similar to Fig. 3,10 a modied construction showing a tyingdevice that is normally unattached tothe package.` j 'Y i i' Referring to the drawing which illustrates preferred embodiments of the invention and of the method of making the same, and in whichlike `reference numerals designate like parts in the several views, there is shown a box iii vhaving a cover or top lil', shown as tied or secured on the box by means of a ribbon i l and a decora-v tive tying devicev I2. yAs illustrated in Figs'.` 2 and 3 the tying device comprises a medallion, i3

attachedfto the'top It by means ofl aneyeleo r"l5 or thelike.-

The medallion isconstructed from a sheet of composite material comprising a thin sheet of metal i6 and a paper backing l1. The medallion comprises 'a lowerHmember-f.

r4I8 and an upper -cap member istamped or suitably formed from a sheet of Vthe composite material, and preferably formed to be attached together as indicated at to provide a blank havingl portionsofcorresponding shape and `size andv adapted to be vfolded to provide the upper and lower members of theimedallion. The cap member I9 may be provided with suitable decorative and informative embossing `2l land, 22 adapted to be viewed fromthe top of themedallion when the cap is folded over the lower membery as illustrated in Fig.` 1. For purpose of illustration this embossingis indicated at 2l and Zia in the enlarged sectional views ofFigs; 3 and 3a. When formed of ythexthin composite Vmetal'and paper referred'tothis decorative and informative matter maybe readily stamped when the parts are formed. The lower member I8 is `provided lat its center with a depressed portion23 adapted to seat upony the top :lil'` and provide.l a spacing, l

indicated at25, between the lower face of Vthe medallion and the top of the base member. The height ofv the depressed portion 23 is controlled to provide such spacing 25 as is adapted readily ribbon H of Fig. 1, this spacing being Such ,that

the tie means is readily inserted 'and 'securely 'clamped in this spacing by frictional engagement with the bottom of. the medallion and the top of the base member and requires no tieor other xed attachment with the tying device or'package. The fastening meansA i5 is. received within vthe depressed portion of the lower member i8 and 'securely attaches the lower member 4to the top. After .the member I8 has been secured to thetop the cap member vlgis folded over the lower member with the paper backing on the inside and is securely fastened thereto as vby means of a coating ofadhesive 2i; which has been applied to the paper backing ofthe members I8 and i9 prior `to the folding-operation and preferably prior to the stamping operation.

yIn Fig. 3`c-there is illustrated a formgof the linvention in which the tying deviceis normally unaiiixed to th'e'package, being free and onlyy attached by the ribbon, string orother tie means vwith whichit cooperates. Referring to this figure the. medallion l3nt is attached bymeans of eyelet |5a or thelike; to an auxiliary base'meinber Mft,Y whichy has Aa size and: shape substanbut snugly to'receive a tie means, such as'the frictionally retaining a tie means between the base member and the substantially flat bottom of said tie-securing member.

2. In' a decorative package tying device of the character described, a thin, substantially flat tieysecuring member which comprises upper and lower substan'tiallyflat c ompositemembers each comprising a thin sheet of ornamental metal adapted to be readily worked and having a'backingof thin paper material secured to one side thereof, said metal sheet and said paper backing being of comparable thinness and said paper material providing for reinforcing and stiifeningl the metal sheet, a coating of adhesive on the exposed face of the paper vbacking of `at least one of said member@ said coating of v,adhesive providing for securing the paper backing-of said upper and lower members together inv mutually reinforced face to facerelation to provide a unitary relatively stiff tie'- securingmember having upper and lower metallic surfaces, said upper member being provided with decorative embossing, a substantially hat, flexible base member having substantially the same size and shape as said tie-securing member, and means received between said upper and lower membersv of the tie-securing member for fastening said tie-securing member to said base member in predetermined kspaced relation thereto, said spacingproviding for receivingl a tie means in frictional engagement with the base member and y the bottom of said tie-securing member.

'3. In a decorative package-tying device of the character described a` composite blank adapted to be folded to provide a bottoniA member and a cap member adapted to overlie and conceal said bottom member, said members being integrally joined at an edge portion and each comprising `a thin, pliable sheet of decorative metal adapted to be readily embossed and folded and having a backing of thin paper material secured to one side thereof and a coating of adhesive applied to V the exposed face of saidpaper backing, said metal `sheet and said paper backing being of comparable thinness and said paper material providing for reinforcing and stiffening the metal sheet,

saidbottom member being provided with an ap-` ertured depression positionedsubstantially centrally ofv the bottom member and providing for receiving an attaching means for fastening said 11e-securing member to a base member, said cap member having decorative and stiifening markings embossed thereon, 4and said adhesive coating' providing for securing said bottom member and said cap member 'together in folded, substantially flat, mutually reinforced relationship tok provide thin, relatively stiff, unitary tie-securing member having upper and lower metallic surfaces and adapted to resiliently receive and frictionally retain a tierneans therebeneath inl cooperation with said base member.

4. In a decorative package-tying device of thev character described, a thin substantially flat tiesecuring member which comprises a'composite bottom member and a compo-site cap memberr adapted to overlie andi'egister with said bottom member, each of said members comprising a thin,

pliable sheet of ornamental metal adapted'to be v readily worked and having a backing of thin paper material secured to one side thereof, said metal sheet and said paper backing being of comparable thinness vand said paper material providing for reinforcing and stiffening the metal sheet, said members being substantially flat over a substantial portion of their area including the marginal portion thereof and having a coating of adhesive on the exposed face of the paper backing of at least one of the members, attaching means for fastening said tie-securing member to a base member extending outwardly vthrough said bottom member substantially centrally'thereof, said lattaching means being provided with a head portion to be received between said bottom member and said cap member and concealed by the cap member, and said 'coating of adhesive providing for securing the paper backing of said members in mutually reinforced face to face relation to provideja unitary relatively stiff tie-securlng member having upper and lower metallic surfaces'and adapted toresiliently receiveandl frictionally retain a tie means therebeneath in cooperation with said base member.

5."1n a decorative package-tying device of the` character described', a thin, substantially flat tiesecuring memberv which` comprises a composite bottom lmember and, a `composite cap member adapted to overlie and register with said bottom member, each of said members comprising a thin, pliable sheet of ornamental sheet metal adapted to be readily worked and` having a backing of paper material secured to one side thereof, said metal sheet and said paper backing being of comparable thinness and said paper ma-` terial providing forv reinforcing `and vstirfening the metal sheet, said bottom member being provided with a downwardly depressed substantially lio central portionr surrounded by a substantially ber positioned below said tie-securing membenl means extending outwardly 'through said depressed portion of said bottoml member for at-A taching saidbottom member to base member ywith said depressed portion resting on the base member, said attaching means lbeing pro-l vided with a head portion adapted to be received between said bottom member and said cap memwith said head portion lying within said downwardly depressed portionand, concealed by said capmember, and saiddepressed portion providing a 'predetermined spacing between the 'substantially flat marginal portieri. of bottom member and said substantially flat basemember for resilkiently receiving and frictionally retaining a tie means therein. f

OWEN E. HACKER. 

